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EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
… of the enduring legacies left by the Huguenots in South Africa is wine growing and viticulture. As early as 1686, two … helped to spread Calvinism in the…
EventThirty people die in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Algeria
… Algeria is one of the few earthquake prone countries in Africa. …
EventSA artist, Dumisani Mabaso is born
… of a recording studio in Soweto. He exhibited in South Africa and in five group shows in the USA. …
EventKen Oosterbroek is killed
… two weeks before South Africans went to the polls in South Africa's first historic democratic elections. It was a …
EventP.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference
… for equal representation amongst members of South Africa's majority Black population, who were instead entitled … Nations Online, History of South Africa …
EventGolfer,Nick Price beats Tiger Woods at Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament at Sun City
… his first in 1993 and his second in 1997, beating South Africa’s Ernie Els. The tournament has attracted the best … South Africa.info The Nedbank Golf…
On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… indebted to Comrade Tambo who delivered back to South Africa a united and strong African National Congress …
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… In June 1919 a branch of the Industrial Workers Union of Africa was formed in Cape Town under the leadership of … also organising the dockworkers. The…
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
… began to fall out. It was exciting being back in South Africa even though I knew Pretoria only as the city of my … around the country studied through the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 1995 National Conference of IDASA Cape Town, 18 August 1995
… Ladies and gentlemen, One of South Africa's most valuable assets is the vibrant civil society … of government. IDASA's contribution to democracy in South…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… 1940s Life in the cities was also very difficult. South Africa, like the rest of the world was feeling the effects of … This meant that it was no longer…
Reply by President Jacob Zuma to the debate of the Presidency budget vote, 13 May 2010
… foresight. The adoption by the same organisation of South Africa`s first Bill of Rights in 1923, which was 25 years … marketplace that would unleash the…
BiographySolwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
Looksmart Khulile Ngudle was born on 22 May 1922 in KwaZali village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. His mother, Notyhume, named him Looksmart because when he…
BiographyAnna De Koningh
Anna De Koningh was the daughter of Angela van Bengale. She arrived with Angela from Batavia, but who her father was is unknown. Like her mother, Anna de…
PlacePaarl
… Destination. Paarl is one of the oldest towns in South Africa and particularly known for its mountain or "Paarl … of a new language, Afrikaans , a combined…
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
… of reflection and celebration for all the people of South Africa and our friends across Africa and the world. On this day we celebrate the attainment ……
Statement on naming of OR Tambo International Airport, 31 October 2006
… Department of Transport and the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) for their respective roles in the successful …
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… conscription became compulsory for all White men in South Africa over the age of 16. Deferment to complete schooling or …
ANC statement on the Heritage Day, 24 September 2014
… and nationhood! Owing to our collective heritage, South Africa is indeed becoming a home for all South Africans! …
Event’Viva Frelimo’ rallies, organised by the BPC and SASO, take place even though they were banned by Government
… in Mozambique, so could settler-colonialism in South Africa. The idea was conceived by the SASO Secretary General … Education Trust (2006). The Road to…
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… who vehemently opposed British government policy in South Africa, and visited the country after founding the South …
PlacePrince Edward Islands
… south-east of Cape Town and are politically part of South Africa. The only way to travel to Marion Island is on board a …
EventJapan lifts economic sanctions against SA
… is that it has taken note of reform and stability in South Africa and wishes to indicate interest in again establishing …
EventThe Japanese government announces that South Africans will no longer be granted visas to enter Japan
… Due to South Africa’s Apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s, many … Payne R.J. Japan’s South Africa Policy: Political Rhetoric and Economic Realities from …
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… weeks millions of fevered eyes have been fixed on South Africa, host to the World Cup, which ends next weekend. For … the grandchild of Lithuanian Jews who…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
… of advisors called the Council of Ministers. In 1982 South Africa and Swaziland came to a formal agreement regarding … all African National Congress (ANC)…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… described. Then there were the whites-only unions of South Africa’s two largest employers, the mines and the railways, … UNIONS IN 1925 Affiliated Plasterers…
Political Overview by the Gauteng ANC Chairperson, Paul Mashatile, at the Provincial General Council, 8 June 2012, St George`s Hotel, Tshwane
… non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa. Key milestones Comrades, just over a week ago, on the … and second year since the formation…
The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
… yearn for freedom in a non-racial democratic South Africa. Bram Fischer was a great advocate and a great … have become prime minister or the chief justice of…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… Gumede became a member of the National Assembly of South Africa. He died in June 1998 at the age of 84. …